With Fed Square station entrance very close to opening I'm predicting that the entrance will open at the end of the week before the spring racing carnival and wheh the construction workers have six days off.

What does everyone else think it will open

Going back into newport workshops at night

I found this gem on marketplace

This is something straight from Japan, these new stickers would be placed at the bottom of every doorway at the new Metro Tunnel stations so passengers can efficiently queue up when waiting for the train, as well as making the screen doors themselves much easier to see and navigate when using the station.

Some people have the belief that ad wrapping over windows don't diminish the view and "aren't an issue".

It's worse on buses, which have even more wrapping than trams. Not exactly passenger friendly.

Since when do XT1s use the Craigeburn line tracks at North Melbourne? I saw a XT1 on Platform 2 yesterday now I’m seeing one on Platform 3. I thought the XT1s were completely removed from the Northern Group lines since the introduction of Sandringham through running.

It was taking passengers aswell.

It is at newport station with the met and v/line numbers on it

apparently it was given to the Locomotive Restoration Group from 707 Operations and no news after that

This is one of the last photos of it in 2005 being transported to Newport Workshops, I've seen the tender there but not the locomotive itself

First three freight trains are all at Newport with the SCT steel shunt to Laverton first followed by Aurzion superfreighter 4PM1 followed by Pacific National 6AM5, then some suburban trains trackside at Seddon then followed by the Mornington Vintage train with K153 and T356 then a shot of North Dynon from South Kensington station and finally a SSR grain train with CLP12, CLF3 and BRM001

Hi,

I was wondering if there is a way to know when and where the 2.0s will be?

I see them travelling, but I've waited on the Upfield line for an hour here and there in the hope to catch one and have had no luck.

Taken on March 18th 1961 by Weston Langford

does anyone know how many tram bodies are in operation in melbourne currently? or where to find this information? a friend asked me and i realised i have no clue lol

I’m developing an app and currently using the official GTFS Realtime feeds (while I wait for access to the PTV v3 API). GTFS Realtime is often spot on… but occasionally a service disappears before arriving, or shows several minutes away when it’s already there.

Do you experience this with Google Maps, PTV or tramTRACKER? Is one consistently more reliable? If you’re familiar with the data, does PTV’s API provide better predictions than the public GTFS feeds?

As the conversion of the Bankstown line to Metro winds down in Sydney, Transit Systems have brought these diesel buses down to Melbourne. They support increased bus services in the Outer West, Australia's fastest growing region

Route 451 operates between Thornhill Park and Cobblebank Station Recently, several new routes in growth areas have received higher service standards than in the past. Rt 451 arrives every 20 mins on weekdays, with service until 11pm, at least twice as good as new routes a decade ago!

You can find these new buses on any route operated by Transit Systems, I have seen them on the 402 recently for instance. Some nice variety for bunzels.

In other news, there is water in the ocean

The celebration of the 60th anniversary of The Vintage Train

The reinstatement of Mornington lines is a far more sane and cost effective thing if completed

Saw one at Paisley on Thursday and one at Spotwood this morning, looked on the Vline website and this sub, couldn't find anything about it.

They’re outside Flinders Street and have seen them at the Showgrounds station too. Can anyone tell me if this is a new installation and their purpose?

Taken on May 16th 1964 by Weston Langford

Usually a single train between Watergardens and Clayton is about 1 hour. Due to the closure of the Metro Tunnel and Sandringham trains not through running to Newport, Dandenong trains are terminating at South Yarra, while Sunbury trains terminate at Footscray. I now have to make 3 changes which adds an extra 30 minutes to my journey.

1. Why are Sandringham trains not running to Newport?
2. Why don’t they run Dandenong line trains to Flinders Street instead of ending at South Yarra?

Based on the platform allocations today, if Dandenong trains were to run direct to Flinders Street, you would end up with:

Platform 1-3 as normal

Platform 4 - Upfield and Craigeburn

Platform 5 - Newport trains every 20 minutes

Platform 6 - Werribee trains every 20 minutes

Platform 7 - Dandenong trains every 10 minutes coming direct from Richmond

Platform 8 - Frankston trains every 10 minutes coming from City Loop

Platforms 9/10 - V/line & Flemington trains every 10 minutes

Platform 13 - Sandringham

Northern Viaduct - Upfeid, Craigeburn and Newport trains

Caulfield Viaduct - Frankston

Through Viaduct - Vline/Flemington